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Crinan Moss
Cairn (Prehistoric)
Site Name Crinan Moss
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 39608
Site Number NR89SW 6
NGR NR 80904 94097
NGR Description Centre
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/39608
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kilmartin
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR89SW 6 8090 9408
NR 808 941. A round cairn, 18' in diameter, with a low stony heap near the centre and two upright slabs projecting on the NW, lies 150' E of the SE end of the stone alignment (NR89SW 5).
M Campbell and M Sandeman 1964.
NR 8090 9408. The probable remains of a kerbed cairn as described above. Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (DWR) 30 April 1973.
No change to the report of 30 April 1973.
Surveyed at 1/10,000.
Visited by OS (BS) 29 March 1977.
Field Visit (April 1984)
Situated in moorland about 1.6 km NNE of Islandadd Bridge and almost level with the surface of the moss, there is a small grass-covered cairn up to 0.2m high and about 4m in diameter (Campbell and Sandeman 1964). Several stones of the kerb survive in position, the largest standing 12m high. A group of standing stones some 80 m to the WNW is described under NR89SW 5.
RCAHMS 1988, visited April 1984.
Measured Survey (28 April 1984)
RCAHMS surveyed Crinan Moss cairn on 28 April 1984 with plane-table and alidade producing a plan at a scale of 1:100. The plan of the cairn was redrawn in ink and published at a scale of 1:250 (RCAHMS 1988a, 58).
Field Visit (28 February 2019)
The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed.
